The studio behind John Wick and The Hunger Games has reinstated the use of masks after several employees tested positive for Covid-19

  • Chariotwheel
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    361 year ago

    If something is truly beneficial, then the public will freely adopt it

    Hah. Look up how some people fought seat belt laws. Just like masks and vaccines they’re not actually doing much most of the time, but you’ll be glad to have them when it matters, or rather you will be missing them when it matters.

    • @[email protected]
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      271 year ago

      People fought against drunk driving laws lol, with pretty much the same “personal freedom” arguments.

    • @[email protected]
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      11 year ago

      Look up how some people fought seat belt laws.

      Seat belt laws are not an equivalent example. Unless one has fellow passengers, not wearing a seat-belt is of no risk to anyone but oneself.

      Just like masks and vaccines they’re not actually doing much most of the time

      Then why enforce rules when there is no risk to anyone? To enforce a rule is to say that there is an aggression that is being controlled.

          • Stoneykins [any]
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            You just left out the rest of the sentence when you quoted “… but you’ll be glad to have them when it matters, or rather you will be missing them when it matters.”

            And the point is most people don’t get in daily car accidents, and putting on your mask doesn’t necessarily mean you will be exposed to a disease that day. They are a type of safety precaution you sometimes use in situations where they don’t do anything, and that doesn’t mean that they were useless, it means no dangerous stuff happened.

            That kind of danger, the kind that only gets you 1/10 times, is the kind people are famously bad at understanding. Our instincts say if someone survived doing something unharmed that it is safe, but sometimes riding in a car is safe and sometimes it isn’t. We get too easily comfortable with things we shouldn’t have because their consequences are delayed or inconsistent, and it happens everywhere.

            Eta: I find it odd that the masks bother you more than the spreading disease that they are a “symptom” of. Personally, for over a decade now, I had hoped that sick people around here would start wearing medical masks on their own prerogative, like many other places/cultures already do. It feels on par with washing your hands to me. But then it became a political issue…

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              You just left out the rest of the sentence when you quoted “… but you’ll be glad to have them when it matters, or rather you will be missing them when it matters.”

              Why would one “be missing them”? I would assume that whatever one needs to reduce risk would generally be available should they have need.

              And the point is most people don’t get in daily car accidents, and putting on your mask doesn’t necessarily mean you will be exposed to a disease that day. They are a type of safety precaution you sometimes use in situations where they don’t do anything, and that doesn’t mean that they were useless, it means no dangerous stuff happened.

              Again, though, why should the government force people to do what is wise for their own personal health, and saftety? A person can assess their own risk, and act accordingly.

              I find it odd that the masks bother you more than the spreading disease that they are a “symptom” of.

              I have no qualm with the use of masks – in actuality, I would encourage it. What I take issue with is the enforcement of their use.